Zhang Xiaoguang
| Zhang Xiaoguang | |
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| Shenzhou astronaut | |
| Nationality |  Chinese |
| Born | May 1966 Jinzhou, Liaoning |
| Selection | Chinese Group 1 |
| Missions | Shenzhou 10 |
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Zhang Xiaoguang (simplified Chinese: 张晓光; traditional Chinese: 張曉光; pinyin: Zhāng Xiǎoguāng) is a Chinese pilot selected as part of the Shenzhou program.
Biography
He was born in May 1966 in Jinzhou, to a family of Manchu ethnicity and was a squadron commander in the People’s Liberation Army Air Force when he was selected to be an astronaut in 1998. He had accumulated 1000 flight-hours as of 2004. He was selected as part of the backup crew for the Shenzhou 9 mission.[1] In 2013, he was selected to fly Shenzhou 10, the third spaceflight to the first Chinese space station Tiangong 1.[2]
References
- Zhang Xiaoguan at the Encyclopedia Astronautica. Accessed 23 July 2005.
- Spacefacts biography of Zhang Xiaoguan
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